Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Queries Fort Knox’s gold mining ambitions on hold

Could you please let me know what is happening with a company called Fort Knox Minerals. The company trades on the Vancouver Stock Exchange and its interests include the Eagle Bird mine in California’…


Noranda buys 11.7% stake in Falconbridge

After being outfoxed in its bid to buy a control block of Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) shares from Placer- Dome Inc. (TSE), Noranda Inc. (TSE) has quietly gone to the open market and emerged as Falconbridg…


Books (August 22, 1988)

The Gold Hunter’s Guide to Nova Scotia by Tony Bishop. Author discusses where to find gold in Nova Scotia, how to stake a claim, prospect and pan. Finer details include mining law, equipment needed, h…


Strike looks certain at Falconbridge Ltd.

About 1,750 hourly wage employees at Falconbridge Ltd.’s Sudbury, Ont., operations appear set to strike when their present contract expires on Aug 21. “Things don’t look hopeful because there are so m…


MacDonald Mines

A group of shareholders of MacDonald Mines (COATS) have called a special shareholders meeting to elect a new board of directors. The group says that the previous board resigned at the beginning of the…


Falconbridge holds 92% of McIntyre Mn.

Toronto-based Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE), completed the acquisition of 12.5 million Falconbridge common shares and 750,000 common share purchase warrants from Placer Dome Inc. (TSE), the company said rec…


Ronrico placement to finance Simkar gold exploration

Ronrico Explorations (VSE) of Toronto has announced a private placement to finance exploration at the company’s Simkar project at Val d’Or, Que. After spending $7 million, Ronrico holds a 50% interest…


Project poses questions for Lenora and Mary Ellen

The erratic gold distribution in northern Saskatchewan’s Beaver Lodge area is posing some major questions to a joint venture group including Lenora Explorations (TSE), Mary Ellen Resources (VSE) and C…



Gunsteel Plans Mill For Nugget Property

With ore reserves estimated at 233,000 tons grading 0.33 oz gold per ton, Gunsteel Resources (VSE) says a mill with an initial capacity of 100- 150 tons per day is now “economically viable” on its Nug…


Investment City issue considered undervalued

Vancouver-based City Resources (TSE) is attempting to bring what should be British Columbia’s largest gold producing mine into production by October, 1989. Located on the Queen Charlotte Islands, off …


Minnova and Rea Gold plan mill at silver bet

Minnova Inc. (TSE) and junior partner Rea Gold (TSE) say a 465-ton-per-day mill could be commissioned and fully operational by mid-June 1989 on the Samatosum project near Adams Lake, B.C. Although the…


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